The final draw for FIFA World Cup 2026, which will feature 48 nations, was held at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC on Friday. The 48 teams were put into four pots of 12 each based on their world rankings.

Messi and Ronaldo have only faced one another twice on the international stage, but both occasions were friendlies (way back in 2011 and 2014). Portugal and Argentina have never faced off in a competitive fixture in the Messi-Ronaldo era, or indeed their entire histories.

Two adjacent transparent bins in London became the venue for a silent but heated debate in 2015, with smokers depositing their stubbed-out butts to settle a burning question: who was the best soccer player in the world,

Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo enter the 2026 World Cup with legendary resumes with plenty of similarities and some big differences.

One of the most ferocious debates in the soccer world has been who is the greatest—Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo? Both players have played more than 1,000 games over their careers and have scored a phenomenal amount of goals in the process as well as ...